Road Rules
Revenge in the Bush
TV Flash files “Revenge in the Bush” as hour 132 of 219 in the TV Flash guide — Road Rules (1995–2007) on MTV, season 9, episode 14, aired 2000-09-18, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E14: listed hour 132 of 219 in the Road Rules guide, hour 14 of 19 in season 9. It aired 2000-09-18 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Blood and Goats” (S09E13). Next is “Flying With the African Birds” (S09E15).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Revenge in the Bush sit in the Road Rules guide?
S09E14 is listed hour 132 of 219 — hour 14 of 19 in season 9, season 9 episode 14.
When did Road Rules S09E14 air?
Revenge in the Bush aired 2000-09-18 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this just The Real World in a van?
Companion format: same Bunim/Murray casting-for-conflict family, plus missions, an RV, and competition DNA the house show didn't score the same way.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Real World packed into an RV: missions, strangers, reality as a road trip. MTV turns docu-soap into competition — challenges, chemistry, and the pipeline that became The Challenge’s combat sport. Nineties youth TV learning to score conflict, ancestor of every later show that sent pretty people on a bus and called it a test.
In medias res in an RV: young cast members completing missions for cash and drama, *The Real World* packed onto wheels, competition instincts bolted onto Bunim/Murray casting philosophy. Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray's MTV series premiered in 1995 and ran through 2007. Max can keep his dating-show drop calendars; this is the pattern underneath — nineties youth TV learning to score conflict, ancestor of every later show that sent pretty people on a bus and called it a test. Strangers, challenges, chemistry,…